#152 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday May 19, 2003 09:49AM
The maxi-cat PlayStation is at Bay Point Marina at the mouth of Little Creek in Norfolk. Steve Fossett is waiting for the right weather pattern to develop, so that he can make a run at the 24 Hour Record of sailing. The current record is held by Maiden 2 (Thompson/Darvelid/Cahalan) and was set on June 12-13, 2002. PlayStation will have to beat 694.78 nautical miles to take the record. The Fossett web site gives more details at http://www.fossettchallenge.com Better check PlayStation out while you can - word is she won't be here long. And, while you are standing beside her on the dock, look at the helmsman's location. Then, visualize the trip he must make when they tack!
Tyler Moore trampled the 505 fleet in the HYC Trapeze Regatta. He won the 2-day event with 9 1st places and one 2nd. Macy Nelson finished second in the 10 race / 1 throw-out regatta (19 points) and Henry Amthor was 3rd with 26 points. The 505s blasted around in gusts of 30+ on Saturday as the race committee (headed by Ben Weeks) got in 6 races. The Hampton One Designs, scheduled to race only on Saturday, decided to stay ashore and live to fight another day - a capsized HOD is not a pretty thing.
Cape Henry Cup canceled Saturday due to weather conditions at the mouth or the Bay. Race chairman Scott Almond used morning reports from the south island of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel along with other reliable data in making the decision. Scott also said he will be returning racers' entry fees later this week. This makes the second consecutive year that Mother Nature has done in this special racers' favorite. BBSA sponsors this southern Bay distance race.
J24 Fleet 71 raced Sunday and newcomer Chris Johnson, Blue Bus, served notice on the fleet by winning all three races. Fleet 71 has gotten used to the "foul weather plague" that has followed them throughout the Spring; Sunday seemed balmy. RESULTS: 1. Chris Johnson, Blue Bus; 2. Bert Johnson, Rocket J; 3. Alan Bomar, roundabout. (RC chairman: John McCarthy)
Hampton One-Design, International 505, and International Canoe racers, the Black Seal Cup - Southern Bay Race Week Dinghies Notice of Race is published. Of note: you can save $20 on your entry fee if you take care of the paperwork on or before June 7, 2003. For info call Leigh Morgan at (757) 726-9649 or check the web site at www.blacksealcup.com Dinghy one-design racing will be held on Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June 15. The dinghy skippers meeting is set for 0930, Saturday, June 14. The "big boats" race on Friday, June 13, but the dinghies DO NOT.
Portsmouth Boat Club is managing the Towne Bank Hometowne Regatta, set for the Saturday of Norfolk's annual Harborfest, June 7, 2003. Deadline for entries is Friday, May 30, 2003. Eligible classes include all PHRF raters and multi-hulls as well as a special non-spinnaker cruising class. PRO for the race is Dick Boykin. For info contact: Event chairman, Bob Burnell at (757) 393-4873 or email T37Solas@aol.com Kudos to PBC for taking on administration of this race to fill the void left when Norfolk let the Michelob Challenge, formerly a part of Harborfest, go by the board.
Dave Hamilton, "The Dave", is lining up and organizing the "Brew Crews" for the Black Seal Cup - Southern Bay Race Week parties. Dave says he is "...recruiting skippers and their crew to volunteer to serve for one shift (or more) during the 2003 Black Seal Cup parties." Volunteers are needed to sell tickets, serve rum drinks and beer, and help serve the food. For info check out the web site at http://blacksealcup.com/ and click on Volunteer Schedule to see the open time slots. Then, sign up by contacting Dave at david.hamilton@sun.com This is always a fun gig.
The beautiful blue Dehler 39, Bellaris, will not finish the racing season according to skipper and owner Claus Jullman. Bellaris raced in PHRF A on a regular basis in the southern Bay for about one year.
Word is that the Fishing Bay Yacht Club newly (2002) re-built clubhouse will be included in an article by Gary Jobson to appear in the September issue of Sailing World Magazine.
Hunt-Miller Update: Our Olympic hopeful homies are in The Netherlands now getting ready for the coming 5 days of racing in the ISAF World Cup Series, May 21-25. They are one of 86 teams already entered in the men's 470 class.
Memorial Day Weekend is coming up and Rappahannock area racers will have the FBYC Annual Race to Urbanna and post race Rosegill Party on Saturday followed by the Rappahannock River YC (co-sponsored with FBYC) River Races on Sunday. For info check out the clubs' web sites at www.fbyc.net and www.rryc.org
MURPHY'S LAW: As the Racing World Turns: So, you messed up and fouled another boat. Unless the sailing instruction says otherwise, you can take a 720 degrees penalty turnand keep racing. You have to get clear of other boats immediately and do your turns - that's 2 tacks and 2 gybes. There is an important however however. RRS 44.1 says "...if [you] caused serious damage or gained a significant advantage in the race or series by [the] breach [you] shall retire." (See RRS 44.1 and 44.2) Living to race, racing to live. /s/ Murphy the Racing Beagle
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